Glazed steatite scarab
Glazed steatite scarab, inscribed with the name Djeserkare (Amenhotep I). It has been suggested that the scarab is of Canaanite manufacture (according to Daphna Ben-Tor, January 2002).
Length: 0.015 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1920) by Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert
Accession number: E.59.1920
Primary reference Number: 51903
Oldadmincategory: SC
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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